Semotics: A method in art history that looks at images as a collection of signs and structures.
Iconography: A method in art history that studies the description, identification, and interpretation of the content of images.
Iconology: A method in art history that studies the symbolism or symbolic representation of the content of images.
Poststructuralism: A method in art history that allows for multiple meanings, limited by contextual circumstances, to be possible for an image.
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